United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018Kendall, David, fl. 18201820-03-19This is a letter from David Kendall of Hancock County Georgia to John Clark, Governor of Georgia (1819-1823), regarding irregularities in the land lottery in Hancock County devised to dispose of land ceded by the Creek and Cherokee Indians in unnamed treaties. Kendall complains of misconduct by the person appointed to conduct the lottery and explains his evidence. In a postscript, Kendall also refers to allegations that General David B. Mitchell, former Governor of Georgia (1809-1813, 1815-1817) and U.S. Agent to the Creek Indians, was involved in smuggling slaves into the states and indicates his opinion regarding Mitchell's guilt.Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the Digital Library of Georgia in 2001, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.text/htmlimage/jpegtcc469engMode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: AT&T DjVu browser plug-in needed to view images of documents.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Telamon Cuyler, box 48, folder 04, document 01.Creek Indians--TreatiesCherokee Indians--TreatiesIndian land transfersSlave tradersLand grantsMitchell, David B., 1766-1837Letter, 1820 Mar. 19, Hancock County, Georgia to John Clark, Gov[ernor] of Georgia, Milledgeville, [Georgia] / David KendallText